Punjab is India's most prosperous and developed state with the lowest poverty rate. At the end of the 1990s, more than 94 percent of Punjab's citizens were above the poverty line, 70 percent were literate, 94 percent of the six year olds were enrolled in primary schools, 72 percent of children under twelve months were immunized, 99 percent of households had access to safe drinking water, and the average life expectancy of its citizen was 68 years.
... Exibir mais + The remarkable development record of Punjab can also be inferred from the fact that it has already achieved, or is well on track to achieve, most of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). According to India's National Human Development Report (2001), Punjab was ranked second only to Kerala in terms of the overall level of human development among the major Indian states. Most citizens of Punjab have thus already achieved a level of socio-economic status that the majority of Indian citizens are unlikely to experience in their lifetime.
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